I think Jeff Pulver (pulver.com) was trying to do this with his Free World Dialup program at one point. Haven't been paying that much attention, though. You might poke around http://www.pulver.com/ to see if there's something there that interests you.
/a > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Austin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 22:07 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] VoIP dialtone? > > > This idea has been floating around in my head. I don't think the > needed 'critical mass' has been reached, but I suspect at some > point a co-op style arrangement could be reached. > > disclaimer: > I have played with *, and am deploying Cisco Call Manager. > I don't see any technical reason why the following would not work, > but it is open for abuse, so there may be enough socio-political > reasons to not even try. > > Ingredients: > 1. A * server > 2. A friend with an * server in another city/state/country > 3. A way to locate like minded individuals/orginizations > 4. Moderately over-built local PSTN connectivity > > Mix it together with a gentlemans agreement, or strongly > worded contract. Co-ordinate or advertise local number ranges. > > > Problems: > People looking to save ~$30 per line won't be thrilled to > order T1(s) to share with the co-op. > Keeping a structured dial-plan to provide for reasonable > overlap without massive meltdowns. > There are many businesses springing up to fill this void, > and they will be better suited to manage and grow the infrastructure. > > I've watched the discussions about IAX/SIP service providers, and > most seem to be geared exclusively to the single user/line household. > I know a number of small businesses that would jump to a VoIP carrier > that allowed concurrent calls, heck my family has one. And I suspect > that a number of the smaller/newer VoIP carriers might be entertaining > partnerships with their competitors whose footprint compliments their > own. > > Oh, and let's not forget that the traditional carriers are > not ignorant > of what is happening with VoIP or customer interest. There > is no doubt > that they are aware that if they don't find a way to deliver > this service, > someone else will. > > Dan (who, if he had a decent PSTN connected * box, would be > willing to share) > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Ciholas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 3:42 PM > To: Ernest W. Lessenger > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] VoIP dialtone? > > > > On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Ernest W. Lessenger wrote: > > > At 04:48 PM 8/20/2003 -0500, you wrote: > > > > >Now, if that is possible, how does the VoIP dial tone provider > > >get my inbound local and toll calls? I would want my "local" > > >phone number to work, of course. > > > > You would need to redirect your local number to them. This > > ALWAYS assumes that the VoIP provider has a switch in your > > local CO or an agreement with someone who does. Vonage and > > Voicepulse, for example, do not have a presence in my area. I > > intend to maintain several POTS lines for incoming calls, and > > use a VoIP provider for all outgoing calls. > > Oh well. I'm would expect no one would have presence here. > This sounds so suboptimal, you have to provision *two* systems, > one for inbound (local CO) and one for outbound (VoIP provider). > Of course, the outbound can be just your internet connection, but > this still seems annoying because most of the money is in the > local CO service. > > Hmm, perhaps *all* incoming calls can be toll free? I would > maintain the one local CO POTS line for 911 out bound, and then > only use my toll free number for inbound. For the money I would > save on local CO lines I can buy a *lot* of toll free minutes! > Then the VoIP dial tone provider can route my toll free number to > me over the internet. Presumably, then, there is no real limit > on the number of "lines" coming in. It isn't hard coded like the > CO lines are. > > This all seems pretty fanciful at the moment... > > -- > Mike Ciholas (812) 476-2721 voice > CIHOLAS Enterprises (812) 476-2881 fax > 2626 Kotter Ave, Unit D [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Evansville, IN 47715 http://www.ciholas.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
